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as for matthew bovee, he accepted a plea deal for injuring a child, which is a felony. the judge sentenced him to ten years probation and allowed him to walk free. but bovee later violated the terms of his probation and has been in prison ever since. >> obviously something that is concerning for so many parents, jericka. what should parents do after seeing this tonight? >> it really comes down to reje and looking at accrher orot t camps have american camp association. they take a more thorough look into the background checks as well as look at how some of these camps have handled sexual abuse allegations in the past. >> so, how many of these camps right now have this accreditation? >> right now about 2400 in the united states, and we have a lot more information on our website, cbsnews.com. >> some very good information to pass along, jericka. thank you. more big swings on wall street today. the dow dropped more than 500 points early, but closed up 34 points.
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one factor was concern over brexit. britain's divorce from the european union. prime minister theresa may today postponed a vote in parliament on the deal she's worked out when it became clear she would lose. britain has until the end of march to work out a final agreement. french president emmanuel macron addressed his nation today, offering tax breaks and fuse the anger that has spread from the country side right into the heart of paris. charlie d'agata is there. >> reporter: parts of paris became a battle field for the fourth week running. yellow vest protesters squaring off against riot police, who opened up with stun degrgrenade tare g tear gas and water cannon. president macron took his responsibility. >> translator: i may have given the impression i did not care about you or that i had other
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priorities. i also have hurt some of you with my words. he promised new measures to take place immediately. mon trohly $12 hour, e by $115 tax cuts for retire ease, and asking companies to give workers tax-free year-end bonuses. watching the speech from a road side camp, yellow vest protesters we spoke with were unimpressed. i think we're going to be here until christmas, said 23-year-old alex gougard. he's taking us for idiots. it's garbage. he's got to go. there is no set list of demands. it is a largely working-class revolt and they called him the president of the rich. we asked whether other yellow vests would feel the same way. no doubt they will. everybody will. >> reporter: the big question tonight, the only question is whether the french president has said and done enough to avoid a
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a woman who claims she was raped by a fraternity president at baylor university says the criminal justice system is severely broken. after a texas judge approved a plea deal today that will keep her alleged attacker out of jail. more on this now from omar villafranca. >> reporter: 23-year-old jacob anderson walked out of a texas courtroom where he could have faced years in prison if convicted of raping a baylor university student. instead, a judge accepted a plea deal to the lesser charge of unlawful restraint. anderson gets three years probation, no jail time, will not have to register as a sex the vtimduarty outside of bayl u in 20. e onl 19 years.deon was the fr president. she claims she was given alcohol and says she remembers anderson
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repeatedly assaulting her. donn doe, immediately reported the attack to police. a grand jury found enough evidence to indict anderson, but prosecutor hilary laborde decided ton pursue charges. later e-mailing the victim, our jurors aren't ready to blame rapists when there isn't concrete proof of more than one victim. donna doe says, they bee trayed -- bee trayed me. it's like a knife in my gut. more than 85,000 people have signed a petition. >> it's sending a message you can do this and get away with it. and because of your place in society or your gender, anything, that you have the upper hand. >> reporter: in a statement, the d.a.'s office said conflicting evidence and statements exist in this case, making the original allegation difficult to prove beyond a reasonable doubt. they also added that the public
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doesn't have all the facts. well, we asked to talk to the district attorney's office to get some of those facts, but they didn't want to talk. jeff? >> all right, omar tonight is in waco, texas. thank you very much. still ahead here tonight, a skydiving dare devil. you will not believe her age. billions of bacteria,
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a close call for a campaign volunteer canvassing in ccago. >> supportne shots ]aseb when gunshots ttalhte cdc r mosysrio rare paralyzing illness in children. 158 cases of acute flaccid myelitis or a.f.m. have been confirmed in 36 states this year. that is more than 2016. another 153 cases are being investigated. a 102-year-old woman has set a new world record while skydiving. irene o'shae made the tandem jump in australia yesterday from 14,000 feet. her third jump in 2 1/2 years. she is 102. a mother of two, grandmother of
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the attleboro, massachusetts, mayor and mura are campaigning together. town. >> she's first dog. >> reporter: the 11-year-old japanese wolf dog has the run of city hall. >> she's my best friend and she's been with me at the best and worst parts of my life. >> reporter: that worst part happened last september. mura was diagnosed with terminal cancer. how much time do you think you have with her realistically? >> i'd be surprised if she makes a year. >> reporter: he th m lt months happen 85es jus two of t. for two weeks vancouver island t m then seat francisco, the grand canyon. at yellowstone, mura perked up at the sight of bison. >> i think this is her favorite part of the trip. >> reporter: and elk. >> oh, my gosh. i have my hand on her heart. it is pounding. >> reporter: along the way, his post on facebook went viral.
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>> louder. good girl. having the right person to travel with is all the difference. she was happy to go anywhere we were going. because she was going with me. >> reporter: hero couldn't give his dying friend the gift of more time, but what he did give her was the next best thing, time with him. don dahler, cbs news, attleboro, massachusetts. >> that is the overnight news for this tuesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for the morning news and "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm jeff glor.
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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> welcome to the overnight news. i'm tony dokoupil. president trump is defending the hush money payoff to a pair of women during the presidential campaign, insisting it was a simple private transaction. prosecutors say the payments funneled through president trump's lawyer violate campaign finance laws, and the incoming chairman of the house judiciary committee says it could be an impeachable offense. paula reid sorts it allt before election were a simple private transaction. refuting allegations from his
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>> -- >> no, no, no. >> reporter: court documents released friday stated that president trump's former attorney michael cohen arranged the payments in coordination with and at the directionidpres. it was the first time mr. trump has been directly implicated in federal crimes. cohen has admitted arranging the payments to former adult porn star stormy daniels and karen mcdougal in exchange for their silence about their affairs with the president. after initially denying knowledge of the payments, president trump said more recently he did not direct them. >> did you direct him to make -- >> he made the deals. he made the deals. >> reporter: on friday the special counsel revealed a previously undiscloeszed meeting in november 2015 between cohen and a russian seeking political synergy with the campaign. denied cooperatiit repeatedly russia. >> the lashi wt is velations to r tal by democrats of impeachment or indictment.
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very real prospect that on the day donald trump leaves office, the justice department may indict him. >> reporter: this justice reallyomes more of a political question than a legal one. and it will be up to house democrats to decide whether or not these allegations, if true, are enough to put the country through impeachment proceedings. >> president trump is in the market for a new chief of staff, and he insists he'll announce his choice soon. john kelly is leaving the post at the end of the year, and the president's first choice to replace him says he'd rather go home to georgia. who is up next? major garrett looks at the usual suspects. >> john kelly will be leaving -- >> reporter: when president trump announced john kelly's departure saturday, he hinted that he'd already identified a successor. >> we'll be announcing who will be taking john's place. it might be on an interim basis. i'll be announcing that over the
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next day or two. >> reporter: but nick s, vicesidentnd the initial front runner, formally turned down mr. trump, a development that shocked many trump associates. ayers has young children and intends to return home to georgia. top contenders now include north carolina congressman mark meadows, former new jersey governor chris christie, budget director mick mulvaney, deputy campaign manager dave bossie and acting attorney general matthew whitaker. yesterday christieaveoice to one concern taking on the role at this stage special counsel robert mueller's investigation. >> until bob mueller shuts down and hands the keys and his credentials back in, no one is in the clear. >> reporter: the next chief of staff will also have to contend with a flood of congressional investigations once democrats take control of the house. late todayutsif hisl office mea said this. >> i think the campaign for the job would be the wrong thing to do.
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the president has a number of good candidates. he'll make the right decision for his administration and for the country. >> reporter: according to the brookings institution, the president has already set the record for chief of staff turnovers, three in less than two full years. in 2012 on twitter, of course, mr. trump mocked president obama for having three chiefs of staff in three years. >> people in the carolinas are still digging out after a deadly weekend snowstorm knocked out power for thousands and brought travel to a halt. meg oliver is there. >> reporter: highways turned into ice rinks as treacherous conditions sent cars sliding across raleigh, north carolina. the powerful storm whipped across several states, including virginia, south carolina and north carolina, claiming the lives of at least two people. the early blast of winter nearly shattered records across the region. richmond, virg ctury.
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the weather caused more than 500 accidents and over 1,000 calls of service since midnight. heavy snow crushed this gas stat morganton, north carolina, along with this exploding transformer in ar den. falling trees cuts off power to homes in the south. meredith is with duke energy. what does the outlook look like for people without power? >> in some of the hardest hit areas, it could be a day or two for now. >> the state of emergency for north carolina remains in effect. >> reporter: north carolina governor roy cooper is urging residents to use caution. >> first responders stand ready to assist you when needed. don't risk your safety and theirs by making them come to your rescue. >> french president emmanuel macron took to the airwaves trying to quell the increasingly violent protests against his
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government. macron vowed to cut taxes on retire ease and raise the minimum wage, but for some protesters, that's too little too late. charlie d'agata is in paris. >> reporter: parts of paris became a battle field for the fourth week running. yellow vest protesters squaring off against riot police who opened up with stun grenades, tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannons. french president emmanuel macron tonight took his share of the responsibility. >> translator: i may have given the impression that i did not care about you, that i had other priorities, he said. i also know i have hurt some of you with my words. >> reporter: he promised new measures to take place needily. raising the minimum wage by orir ease, h to roughly $12 an and asking companies to give workers tax-free year-end bonuses. watching the speech from a road
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side camp, yellow vest i think we're going to be here until christmas, said 23-year-old alex gougard. he's taking us for idiots. it's garbage. he's got to go. there is no set list of demands. it's largely a working-class revolt and a distrust of the man they call the president of the rich. we asked whether other yellow vests would feel the same way. no doubt they will. everybody will. the big question tonight, the only question is whether the french president has said and done enough to avoid a repeat of the violent demonstrations still scheduled to take place right >>be rack.weekend.
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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news". >> tesla's founder elon musk has finally made good on his goal of producing 5,000 electric vehicles a week. the company which was losing $100 million a week is starting to turn a profit. how did he pull it off? lesley stahl has the story for "60 minutes." >> reporter: but over the summer, when elon musk was in production how, as he called it, working around the clock to make enough model 3s to show a profit, he began acting, well, weird. there are people who say that the company cannot survive without you and -- >> i think that's true, yeah. >> reporter: and there are people who say the company cannot survi w you.>> h that'
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>>eporter: they s becau t t seed impulsive, un-c.e.o.-ish. >> am somewhat impulsive and i don't really want to try to adhere to some c.e.o. template. >> reporter: well, he certainly accomplished that, especially this past year when he began picking needless fights on social media. he called a diver of the thai cave rescue a pedo, as in pedophile. he sold 20,000 flame throwers online and smoked weed during a podcast. what about the pot? >> i do not smoke pot. as anyone who works, can tell, i don't smoke anything. reporr: herrewritt you.
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>> a lot ofs. >> reporter: over this summer. erratic, unstable, r -- operatic. >> operatic? i'm just being me. crazy hours, my system would have failed if i was truly erratic. >> reporter: you tweet-a-lot. >> i use my tweets to express myself. some people use their hair. i use twitter. >> reporter: well, but you're using tweeting to kind of get back at critics -- >> rarely. >> reporter: you kind of have little wars with the press. >> twitter is a war zone. if somebody is going to jump in the war zone, it's like, okay, you're in the arena, let's go. >> reporter: his war zone tweeting drew fire when out of the blue in august, he tweeted, quote, i'm considering takingfu secured. the s.e.c. disputed that claim and charged him with securities fraud.
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the case was settled with musk agreeing that his communications relating to the company, including twitter, would be overseen by his board. have you had any of your tweets censored since the settlement? >> no. >> reporter: none? does someone have to read them before they go out? >> no. >> reporter: so your tweets are not supervised? >> the only tweets that would have to be, say, reviewed would be if, if a tweet had the ability of causing movement in the stock. >> reporter: that's it? >> otherwise it's hello, first amendment. free speech is fundamental. >> reporter: but how to they kn -- do they know if they're going to move the market before you send them? >> i guess if one makes a mistake. who knows? >> reporter: are you serious? >> nobody is perfect. >> reporter: look at you. >> i want to be clear. i do not respect s.e.c.
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i do not respect them. >> reporter: but you're abiding by the settlement, aren't you? >> because i respect the justice system. >> reporter: abiding also meant he had to relinquish his position as chairman of the tesla board. he's been replaced by board den. did hand pk her? >> yes. >> reporter: the impression was that she was put in to kind of watch over you. >> yeah, i mean that's not realistic. >> reporter: like a baby-sitter. >> yeah, it's not realistic in the sense that i'm the largest shareholder in the company. i can call for a shareholder vote and get anything done that i want. >> reporter: so do you think you'll want to go back to being chair? >> no, i don't think -- i actually prefer to have no titles at all. >> reporter: with or without titles, there's something larger than life about elon musk. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: he has a cult following. one of silicon valley's most successful and versatile
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entrepreneurs, he has, beyond cars, built powerful rockets with reusable boosters. this one launched a record 64 satellites into orbit. he's digging a tunnel deep underground to deal with traffic congestion. and in each case, he started a company. did you have a lot of money? did your family give you a lot of money to start all of this? >> no. >> reporter: you grew up in south africa. >> yes. >> reporter: yeah. >> i left when i was 17 by myself. i had a bag of clothes and that's it. >> reporter: did you have a happy childhood? >> no, it's terrible. >> reporter: are you serious? >> yes. >> reporter: why was it terrible? >> it was very violent. it was not a happy childhood. >> reporter: i do know that you were bullied at school and had to -- >> i was almost beaten to death if you call that bullied. >> reporter: and he's described his father as emotionally abusive. >> my father has serious issues.
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>> reporter: okay. so you didn't have a happy childhood. >> no. >> reporter: it's no surprise, then, that as an adult he's a fighter, determined to succeed and prove everyone wrong as when he waged a battle this year to avoid tesla's bankruptcy by boosting production of its newest electric car, the model 3. at the factory in fremont, california, he complained bitterly about all the nay sayers and critics who were gunning for his failure. >> there's been relentless criticism, relentless, and outrageous and unfair because what actually happened here was an incredible american success story. all these people work their as off day and night to make it happen and they believe in the dream. and that's the story that really should be told. >> reporter: the story is how he set and met the production target of 5,000 model 3s a week and made tesla profitable. but the effort nearly bankrupted
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the company. >> if you're trying to step up to something which is a thousand percent more than any program you've ever done, it's necessarily -- you have to bet the company. there's no option. >> reporter: so, in other words, if you hadn't met it, you would have died. >> it was life or death. we're losing 50, sometimes $100 million a week. we're running out of money. >> reporter: you were losing $100 million a week. >> yeah, that's scary. >> reporter: his two assembly lines weren't churning out cars fast enough. failure was imminent, until his light bulb moment. create a third assembly line in a big tent in the tesla parking lot. >> this whole thing that you see here was a pretty miraculous effort by the team to create a general assembly line out of nothing in three weeks. >> reporter: this went up in three weeks? co we're right by all conventional standards that we would fail. but they did not count on this unconventional situation or
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creating an assembly line in the parking lot under a tent. >> reporter: and that's last-minute push. >> it increased our output by 50%. >> reporter: musk was a champion of automation. his original assembly lines were full of robots, but the robots kept breaking down. walk along this new line in the tent, and all you see are, well, humans. he tweeted, excessive automation at tesla was a mistake. to be precise, my mistake. humans are under rated. >> people are way better at dealing with unexpected circumstances than robots, yeah. >> reporter: he pushed his workers hard to meet the 5,000 a week deadline, but he pushed himself even 45harder out on th factory floor day and night, troubleshooting and fixing work line slow downs. >> i think it was like literally one week where i actually worked 120 hours and didn't leave the factory. i didn't even go outside. i wanted to make it clear to the team, they needed to see that
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however hard it was for them, i would make it worse for me. >> reporter: and it paid off. tesla announced in october it was profitable for the first time in years. the model 3 is all electric, can go from 0 to 60 in three seconds, and drive over 300 miles on a single battery charge. musk wanted to show us the auto pilot feature. the car drives itself. but right now you're driving. >> yeah. now i'm not. >> reporter: now you're not driving at all. no hands, no feet. do you feel safe? >> yeah. >> reporter: just as i got used to this -- >> it's changing lanes by itself. >> reporter: oh, my goodness. >> did pretty well. >> reporter: another thing that was supposed to be a wow was the price. just $35,000. that was a goal not met.
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it cost around 49,000. and if you customize it, which many customers do, you can quickly reach 60,000. it's not a car for the every man, which is what you set out to build. >> it's getting there. we're not that far from being able to produce the $35,000 car, and that will be ready in probably five or six months. >> and you can see the full report on our website, cbsnews.com. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. my digestive system used to make me feel sluggish
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several years back, online book sellers like amazon drove thousands of independent book stores out of business. well, these small shops are making a comeback. jill schlesinger has that story. >> reporter: miller, the owner of shakespeare and company, just opened his third indy bookstore. >> book stores are back and they're back in a big way. >> reporter: and is proving the nay sayers wrong. >> i'm not giving the hyperbole, i'm not. it was record breaking for us. >> reporter: this manhattan sanctuary is part of a resurgence of independent book stores nationwide. here customers can stumble upon a new author or linger over a latte. >> the book covers -- >> reporter: while a special machine can print a book in three minutes. >> there it is. >> reporter: if it's not in stock. the rebound comes after years of competition from deep discount
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super stores and online behemotd small s into an endangered species. according to the american book sellers association, it fell by approximately 40% between the 0. they have recovered some of those closures, and this year sales are up more than 5% over a year ago. >> can i help you find anything else? >> i want one of these, too. >> reporter: the localism movement has been a driving force. customers are increasingly spending in their neighborhood stores. oren tiger is the c.e.o. of the american book sellers association. >> when you come into a store like this and you don't know what you want, and you browse the shelves, you're going to find books that you didn't know existed. if you are engaged in your co h store that are knowledgeable and passionate about books, yeah, for success.
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with the passing of former president george herbert walker bush and the sto bush, an actor and inventor died at the age of 72. anthony mason looks back on his life and remarkable career. >> would you so kind as to mention it for me? >> jack of diamonds out of the deck into my hand as if -- >> reporter: in the hands of ricky j., a deck of cards could come to life. >> your 9 of clubs, your 6 of
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diamonds. >> reporter: jay, who died last week was known as a magician's magician, whose tricks baffled even the most experienced slight of hand artists. >> if you're attacked by a band of animals or an animal band, fire and keep dancing. dance, you ls, dance. >> reporter: long a fixture on late night television, jay began performing in front of audiences as a boy. but his obsession with magic ran far deeper. jay was known as a foremost expert on the subject, writing several books on magic, side show entertainers, con men and hustlers throughout the ages. >> club flush. you owe me $6,000. >> reporter: that knowledge landed him work as a technical consultant in hollywood. his company built the wheelchair used in forest gump that had actor gary's legs. he also found his way into movies and television shows. even law enforcement was
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interested in his ability to spot a cheetahs he told "60 minutes" in 2010, while getting one over on morely safer. >> i would also beware of someone who would rely heavily on an affiliation with an investor group, be it religious, ethnic, or geographic. >> he was describing madoff to a tee. >> i think these element wills make the market ripe for any sort of pyramid or ponzi scheme. >> that is pure bernard madoff. >> it is pure bernard madoff. can i tell you another element of a con, that i actually made this page on photo shop last night and put it into this bulletin. [ laughter ] >> reporter: but his ability to defy reality with a shift of the hands and a shuffle of the deck is what made ricky jay an ace entertainer. >> anthony mace son there reporting. and that is the overnight news for this tuesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back a little bit later for the morning news and, of course, "cbs this
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